 Biography of Joseph C. Phillips Jr.
Joe and his music have been praised or performed by such notable artists as Grammy nominated composers Maria Schneider, Jim McNeely, Mike Abene, and Manny Albam; arrangers/performers Alan Pierson, Rufus Reid, Kate McGarry, John Hollenbeck, Tom Varner, John McNeil, John Abercrombie, Howard Johnson, Mark Feldman, Christian Howes, Steve Bernstein, Chris Vadala, Grady Tate, Bob Curnow, John Ruocco and jazz writers Dan Morgenstern and Burt Korall.
His music has been performed in New York City at the Merkin Concert Hall, the Renee Weiler Concert Hall, the Merce Cunningham Dance Studios, Roulette, Makor (92nd Street Y), the Puffin Room, Bowery Poetry Club, the John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie Auditorium, the Cutting Room, Triad, the Pink Pony Café, and the Brooklyn Spring Jazz and Pop Festival. In addition his music has been performed at the 2003 Steve Reich Festival at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, Netherlands, the Bimhuis in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE) convention in New York City, the Monterey Jazz Festival in California, Jazz Alley, the Nippon Kan Theatre, the Speakeasy, Tulaıs, and Patty Summers in Seattle and by ensembles at St. Olaf College, Eastman School of Music, University of Maryland-College Park, and University of Wisconsin-Eau-Claire.
Since the fall of 2000 Joe has composed for and conducted his ensemble Numinous, an ensemble featuring 25 of New York Cityıs finest jazz and classical musicians. Mr. Phillipsı music organically combines elements of contemporary new music, jazz, World and popular genres into a unique and engaging style. In September 2003 Numinous released its first CD-The Music of Joseph C. Phillips Jr. (Numen Records) to critical and popular praise. A second Numinous CD featuring Mr. Phillipsı four-movement 65-minute composition, Vipassana will be released in 2008. Numinous has been featured on radio programs around the country, including WNYCıs New Sounds. Joe and Numinous are also featured in Gary Evansı book Music Inspired by Art: A Guide to Recordings (Scarecrow Press; 2nd edition).
Joe joined the prestigious BMI Jazz Composerıs Workshop in 1998, where he was a BMI Foundation Charlie Parker Composition Award Finalist in 2003. He has also been a music archivist for the manuscripts of composers Gil Evans and Manny Albam and a lecturer at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, Netherlands and at the St. Olaf College of Music in Northfield, Minnesota. In addition to conducting and composing for Numinous and commissions from other groups and ensembles, Joe is a 2007 Sundance Institute Composerıs Lab Finalist as well as the founder and artistic director of the composerıs federation, Pulse, where he was awarded a Meet the Composers grant in 2007.
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